UC San Diego |

UC San Diego joins national trial to explore new vaccines for COVID-19 variants

The new trial seeks to understand if different vaccine regimens can broaden immune responses in adults who already have received a primary vaccination series and a first booster shot.
UC Riverside |

Turmeric compound helps grow engineered blood vessels and tissues

A new finding could hasten development of lab-grown blood vessels and other tissues to replace and regenerate damaged tissues in human patients.
UC Santa Cruz |

First complete, gapless sequence of a human genome reveals hidden regions

Parts of the human genome are now available to study for the first time.
UC Berkeley |

Success treating night blindness in dogs could lead to human gene therapy

In videos of the dogs after the treatment, the restoration of vision in low lighting is easy to detect by their canine behavior.
UC Riverside |

Families of children with autism can get free help from UC Riverside’s SEARCH Center

Inland Empire families don’t have to wade through school and service systems alone.
UC San Francisco |

Obesity can rewire the immune system and the response to immunotherapy

Researchers have discovered why immune treatments for allergies and asthma might not be as effective in obese mice and humans.
UC San Diego |

New screening tool identifies 95 percent of Stage 1 pancreatic cancer

The new tool is five times more accurate in detecting early-stage pancreatic cancer than current liquid biopsy multi-cancer detection tests.
UCLA |

To fight diseases of aging, scientist makes aging itself the target

UCLA’s Ming Guo takes a unique approach to addressing neurodegenerative disease.
UC San Francisco |

Mindfulness during pregnancy improves stress response for infants

This is the first known study to show that a prenatal social intervention may improve health outcomes in children.
UC Irvine Magazine |

Stemming the next public health crisis — this time, in mental health

Researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic.
UCSF |

Treating tough tumors by exploiting their iron ‘addiction’

UCSF researchers tame notorious KRAS-mutated cancers without harming healthy cells.
UC Santa Barbara |

Putting stem cells on pause

Researchers describe a process for extending the longevity of stem cells.